Three inmates who escaped from the Dardanelle Jail Sunday afternoon were apprehended Sunday night, ending a several hours-long search for the trio and allowed many in the town to breathe a sigh of relief.

The trio are each being held in the Yell County Jail in Dardanelle on a $1 million bond.

John Foster, Yell County Sherriff’s Office chief deputy, said that at around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Seth Chowning and Bret Cooksey overpowered a jailer while walking back into the jail from the exercise yard. After a prolonged struggle, the two were able to take the keys from the jailer and lock him in a cell.

Foster said the two then used the keys to release Jacqueline Stobaugh, a female inmate, and the three escaped from the jail, using the keys.

What followed Sunday was a manhunt that lasted approximately eight hours, and resulted in the recapture of Chowning and Cooksey at a residence two blocks from the jail at approximately 10:30 p.m.

Stobaugh was apprehended around midnight after authorities found her in a shed near the jail, according to Foster.

Foster would not comment on how officers found the three, and said officials are reviewing the escape, and will increase security measures, if needed.

“The escape itself is still under investigation,” he said. “We’re taking a look at everything and seeing what precautions need to be taken.”

Foster said the jailer was hurt during the struggle, but “he will be okay.”

Yell County Sheriff Bill Gilkey said Monday he anticipates the three will face charges including second-degree battery, escape, kidnapping, theft of property, terroristic threatening, and impairing the operation of a vital public facility.

Their pretrial date is set for May 9 at the Yell County Circuit Court in Dardanelle.